The funding and overall control of the unrest has also been linked to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and by inference to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) because of his close cooperation with US intelligence for over 50 years.

By Tom BrownMIAMI (Reuters) – Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime. A small pilotless drone manufactured by Honeywell International, capable of hovering and "staring" using electro-optic or infrared sensors, is expected to make its debut soon in the skies over the Florida Everglades. If use of the drone wins Federal Aviation Administration approval after tests, the Miami-Dade Police Department will start flying the 14-pound (6.3 kg) drone over urban areas with an eye toward full- fledged employment in crime fighting. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/11/miami-police-bu.html

The US House of Representatives has passed a surveillance bill that would allow lawsuits against phone companies. President George Bush has promised to veto the bill because it does not give immunity to companies that participated in a controversial wiretap programme. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7297865.stm

– Thu Mar 13, 2:38 PM ET GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – A U.S. military commander altered a report on a firefight in Afghanistan to cast blame for the death of a Delta Force commando on a Canadian youth whowas captured after the shooting stopped, a defense attorney said Thursday

03/13/08 Gandalfs Staff Lubbock, Texas

How it looks on a world view. Bad.

As the doomsday curve comes to the forefront and destiny brings us to this unconvertible situation;let us look at Australia, and the possibility of food rationing do to the fact that the world is out stripping it’s production. Down under, the production of wheat is a failure, with record droughts and heat waves. What I see happening down there, seems to become a mirror of what happens up here on the high plains: drought, record heat, lots of dust and a crop failure too may all be ahead. All signs point to it.http://www.bom.gov.au/index.shtmlNow if the national economy falters along with this drought; we shall suffer sooner than most might think.Australian Wheat Crop Failure.Official statistics regarding the New South Wales wheat crop show a serious state of affairs. The area sown was I.5G2.OOO acres, of which S13. …http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02EED91E3DEE32A25750C2A9679D946397D6CFHeavy world stagflation and tremors of war do not make the situation any better.More Lies From The Bush Fascists

A former Pentagon official has written a book attacking Colin Powell, the CIA and other US officials over the US-led Iraq war, the Washington Post reports. As under secretary of defence until 2005 Douglas Feith was closely involved with the planning of the invasion. However, in "War and Decision", he blames officials outside the Pentagon for seriously mismanaging the invasion and occupation, the Post reports. Out next month, it is the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7286683.stm

Researcher: Moses was tripping at Mount Sinai Time and Mind Shanon presents a provocative theoryin an article published this week in the philosophy journal Time and Mind. The religious ceremonies of the Israelites included theuse of psychotropic materials that can found in the Negev and Sinai, he says. "I have no direct proof ofthis interpretation," and such proof cannot be expected, he says. However, "it seems logical that something was altered in people’s consciousness. There are other stories in the Bible that mention theuse of plants: …http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/960407.html

Memory trick breaks PC encryption Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research has shown. Scientistshave shown that it is possible to recover the key that unscrambles data from a PC’s memory.Because of their portability, laptops are particularly vulnerablehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7275407.stm